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From the Yakima Herald:
The city of Yakima has added a new data point for tracking long-term housing progress in Yakima: completed units.
“One piece of data that was discussed during the Housing Action Plan process last year was tracking not just permits issued, but permits completed,”...
From The Journal Record:
Construction of an affordable housing development that has been in the planning stages for years could begin by fall if the Oklahoma City Council approves needed funding next week.
Phase One of the three-phase Creston Park Neighborhood Affordable Housing Project in...
From Seattle Credit Union and the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
Seattle Credit Union is excited to announce an expansion into Tacoma in the summer of 2022.
The credit union’s mission is to provide financial support and opportunities for communities that are underserved and have...
From the San Diego Housing Commission's press release:
Seniors age 62 and older who have low income will have 175 new affordable housing opportunities in Rancho Bernardo upon the completion of a new development in collaboration with the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC), which celebrated its...
From Patch.com:
The Housing Authority of Cook County is developing apartment units for low-income veterans, the organization announced.
According to officials, money for the project will come through a multimillion dollar loan from the county. Last week, officials announced the $4.25 million fund...
From Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service:
Willie Hines Jr. once lived in public housing.
Now he’s the first African American person to lead the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, or HACM, in its 78-year history.
“I thrived from growing up in public housing,” Hines said. “This is an...
At the first Earth Day celebration in 1970, the focus was on environmental education and protection. 52 years later, the environmental movement understands that the most vulnerable and communities of color are often the first and most affected by climate instability and change. Because public...
From HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R):
Bayshore Villas embodies Puerto Rico’s new vision for affordable housing. Replacing an outdated public housing development in San Juan’s Puerta de Tierra neighborhood, the 174-unit complex is the commonwealth’s second mixed-income...
CLPHA member the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh would like to pass along information about their COVID-19 Wellness Workshop to other members:
We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of stress and decreased mental wellbeing. For many, it has exacerbated or...
CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman was quoted today in the Boston Globe's article "With federal funds in hand, public housing also at play in Mayor Wu’s agenda," which discusses advocates' views on how new Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and her administration can address the affordable...